It’s ZAM, ZAM, ZAM and still ZAM …
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007 | 3:07 am @ SKInformation Minister Zainuddin Maidin a.k.a ZAM is feeling paranoid, to the extent that he mentioned about bloggers for a record of three times in the month of May 2007 itself.
Zainuddin advised readers suspicious of the information posted on blog websites to refer to the mainstream media to get the true picture.
It is feared that these (blog sites) will be misused by those who have an agenda to spread slander. By right, there should be a mechanism to control this phenomenon, including by classifying web bloggers as professionals and non-professionals.
He advised the people not to be carried away by the negative views of certain individuals about the government through postings in their blog sites.
"They try to incite the people’s ill-feelings (through their blogs)," he said.
"We do not consider them (bloggers) as a threat but we do not want to return to the era where we depend on rumours (for news),"
As much as I understand it’s his pleasure to curb bloggers, his brain is deadlocked in figure out the best reasoning to exercise constraint on bloggers too. Doesn’t matter he as the minister being seen as a laughing stock by international medias, at least he was perceived to be doing the right thing within his league of gentlemen.
So, after going around the bush for a while, he has finally came to a point where he agrees that bloggers do not pose any threat towards the Government.
Indeed, if we’re to look into ZAM’s concern, it’s right for we bloggers to ask ourselves, who are we to pose any threat towards the Government?
Instead of feeling paranoid, he should have thanked bloggers for doing a huge favor for the Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in working with him rather than work for him, telling him the truth and not what he wants to hear, telling him not only the good things, but bad things too?
Don’t worry ZAM, we’re here to continue working with your boss.









